Senior Business Analyst

OrbicTrade; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

OrbicTrade, an AI-enabled front-office and risk platform, is seeking a Senior Business Analyst in Dubai. You will connect trading users with the Dubai product and engineering teams, turning real workflows into clear requirements and guiding design, testing and client delivery.

This hands-on role requires deep understanding of commodity trading processes and software development. You will contribute to the product roadmap and client implementations, working across traders, IT, risk and operations

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of business analysis experience in commodity or energy trading.
• Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle from pre-deal and capture through to settlement.
• Strong knowledge of physical commodity trading, including contract terms, pricing formulas, incoterms and logistics.
• Experience with at least one E/CTRM platform, such as Endur, Allegro, RightAngle, Aspect or Eka.
• Practical experience taking requirements from initial analysis through to implementation.
• Experience preparing functional specifications, process flows and traceability matrices.
• Experience supporting SIT, UAT, regression testing and defect management.
• Experience working directly with software developers and technical architects.
• Ability to use SQL for data analysis, reconciliation or issue investigation.
• Experience with Agile delivery and tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Lead workshops with traders, trade assistants, trade control, operations, risk and IT stakeholders.
• Document current-state and target-state processes, business requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Perform fit-gap assessments and recommend standard product capabilities wherever appropriate.
• Translate trading requirements into clear functional specifications for engineering.
• Maintain the prioritised backlog with product and engineering leads.
• Define the canonical trade data model and map it to client CTRM, ERP and contract-management systems.
• Define validation rules, master-data requirements and approval workflows.
• Define AI extraction test sets and review accuracy against real trade recaps.
• Support functional design of confirmations, amendments, position reporting and the VaR module.
• Develop test scenarios, test cases and expected results.
• Support system integration testing, user acceptance testing and regression testing.
• Lead defect triage, distinguishing between process, configuration, data, AI and technical issues.
• Support data migration, cutover planning, go-live readiness and business sign-off.
• Support product demonstrations, RFP responses and client proposals.
• Deliver training and knowledge transfer to clients and internal support teams.

Skills

Commodity trading knowledge

Business analysis

SQL

Agile delivery

Stakeholder workshops

Documentation & requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Endur

Allegro

RightAngle

Aspect

Eka

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Description:

OrbicTrade is an AI-enabled front-office and risk platform built specifically for commodity traders. It captures deal intent at source, turns it into structured, integration-ready trades, and connects with existing CTRM, ERP and data platforms.

Traders, trade control, operations and risk teams use OrbicTrade across crude and products, LNG, metals and concentrates, and agriculture. We do not replace the CTRM. We are the intelligent layer that works with a firms existing technology, from deal capture and confirmation through to Value at Risk.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join our growing team in Dubai.

You will connect commodity trading users with our Dubai product and engineering team. You will turn real trading workflows into clear requirements, then see them through design, testing and client delivery.

This is a hands-on role requiring a strong understanding of both commodity trading processes and how software is built. You will work on the product roadmap as well as client implementations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead workshops with traders, trade assistants, trade control, operations, risk and IT stakeholders
• Document current-state and target-state processes, business requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria
• Perform fit-gap assessments and recommend standard product capabilities wherever appropriate
• Translate trading requirements into clear functional specifications for engineering
• Maintain the prioritised backlog with product and engineering leads
• Define the canonical trade data model and map it to client CTRM, ERP and contract-management systems
• Define validation rules, master-data requirements and approval workflows
• Define AI extraction test sets and review accuracy against real trade recaps
• Support functional design of confirmations, amendments, position reporting and the VaR module
• Develop test scenarios, test cases and expected results
• Support system integration testing, user acceptance testing and regression testing
• Lead defect triage, distinguishing between process, configuration, data, AI and technical issues
• Support data migration, cutover planning, go-live readiness and business sign-off
• Support product demonstrations, RFP responses and client proposals
• Deliver training and knowledge transfer to clients and internal support teams

Required Experience

• At least 7 years of business analysis experience in commodity or energy trading
• Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle from pre-deal and capture through to settlement
• Strong knowledge of physical commodity trading, including contract terms, pricing formulas, incoterms and logistics
• Experience with at least one E/CTRM platform, such as Endur, Allegro, RightAngle, Aspect or Eka
• Practical experience taking requirements from initial analysis through to implementation
• Experience preparing functional specifications, process flows and traceability matrices
• Experience supporting SIT, UAT, regression testing and defect management
• Experience working directly with software developers and technical architects
• Ability to use SQL for data analysis, reconciliation or issue investigation
• Experience with Agile delivery and tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps

Preferred Experience

• Experience in one or more of crude and products, LNG, metals and concentrates, or agriculture
• Experience with trade confirmations, trade control or contract-management processes
• Understanding of market risk, including positions, P&L, stress testing and Value at Risk
• Experience with AI, automation or document-processing products
• Experience with API and integration specifications
• Experience in a software vendor, product company or consultancy
• Bachelors degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience